[TriLUG] Re: KVM recommedations

[Jerry]

Hello,
	I'm using a Belkin Omniview with Omniview cables, a boxed set of all
the cables needed to connect a computer to the switch. The cables were
not expensive ($20 I think for the ten foot set) so I suspect there are
better. With the six foot video cable if I put my nose to the screen I
can see some ringing making ghost images to the right of high contrast
edges. I can't see it at normal viewing distance. With the ten foot
video cable I can see the ringing from normal viewing distance but it
isn't enough to be a problem for me. In setting up I tried three or four
monitors that turned out had wildly differing degrees of ringing. I'm
using a midrange flat panel now (Viewsonic VA720).
	I have noticed in the past that certain monitors did not handle
extension cables well and others did. Our conference room has a video
projector with a fifty foot video cable and it looks great. So there are
at least two factors in determining the amount of ringing: the cable and
the monitor.

Jerry
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